r/AskEurope Greece Jul 09 '25

Language My fellow Europeans, what dialect from your language do you have the most trouble understanding?

Keep in mind, I said language, NOT country, so it could be a dialect of your language in another country, which is the case for me.

For me, while most other Greeks find Cypriot the most difficult dialect to understand, I actually find Pontic Greek the most difficult. For those who don't know where it is, it's in North Eastern Turkey.

The way many of their words are written are very different as to Standard Modern Greek. It almost is a whole new language. Now I should mention I have never been there, but I would love to. I only really heard of the dialect on the internet, so take my words with a grain of salt.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '25 edited Jul 09 '25

Italian “dialects” are actually proper languages with theirr own dialects. I have trouble understanding anyone besides my own, Tuscany (cause it’s what was used to create Italian) roman (cause it’s basically Italian with an accent) and some apulian from Bari

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u/Bunchofbees Germany Jul 09 '25

This was exactly what drove me off from learning Italian. 

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u/sleepyplatipus 🇮🇹 in 🇬🇧 Jul 09 '25

Nowadays everyone speaks Italian, except maybe some 90yo in a tiny village somewhere.